RBEI and NIT Calicut worked together with MathWorks to develop the Electric Vehicle System Engineering syllabus, create course content, and teach the course.

The course’s first module provides an introduction to EV technology, with the power electronics content taught primarily by NIT Calicut faculty. The second module on batteries and battery management systems is taught by NIT Calicut faculty and RBEI engineers. Content on induction motors and other elements of the drive train is covered in module three by faculty.

The final module, on modeling and simulation, is led by MathWorks engineers. In this module, students use Simulink and Simscape™ to model EV components including electric drive systems, high-voltage batteries, motors, DC-DC converters, and the vehicle chassis.

Students run analyses and simulations in Simulink to size the components, and then run further simulations of a system-level model to evaluate vehicle control strategies by analyzing performance, range, and power consumption over a series of drive cycles.

Based on their performance in the course, about 30 NIT Calicut students have continued their training on real-world projects as interns at RBEI.